http://www.thenewsherald.com/news/market-saturation-employee-shortage-partial-reasons-for-restaurant-closure-in/article_c1ccddda-e4cc-5104-beec-4180ca83bc87.html
http://www.thenewsherald.com/news/bi...42d3fe112.html
http://www.thenewsherald.com/news/grimaldi-s-pizzeria-location-in-southland-center-shuts-off-the/article_09adfeb0-146c-5893-be68-93fdc025bd9e.html

Supposedly due to market saturation [[but you may not rule out the ongoing "retail apocalypse"), at least three Downriver restaurants have closed or will be closing this year.

The restaurant that closed was Grimaldi's Pizzeria at Southland in Taylor, which was the chain's only location in Michigan.

The restaurants that will be closing are Fort Street Brewery in Lincoln Park and Smokie's in Wyandotte. In Smokie's case, their newer Grosse Ile outpost will remain open.

In addition to all this, the Downriver Coney Island Restaurant in Southgate remains closed after a supposed fire a few weeks back.

Of course, they could also just be toughing it out, since Downriver has slowly been turning into a real metropolis thanks in part to running out of room north of 8 Mile, especially with Wyandotte becoming the new Ferndale/Royal Oak and Taylor and Woodhaven already virtually the new Novi.